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Diplo spins at the high-dollar, no-drugs-allowed fest at Soldier Field

Spring Awakening Music Festival

by Miles Raymer June 13, 2012August 19, 2021

The Spring Awakening Music Festival has Carl Cox, Skrillex, and Diplo, but absolutely no glow sticks

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